Queensland hospitals under pressure with patients

Queensland's hospitals are struggling to cope with a spike in admissions.Image: AAP

Patients turning up to overflowing emergency departments at 10 public hospitals across southeast Queensland are being taken to private facilities because there aren't enough beds.

The state government has released $3 million in emergency funds to free up private beds after public hospitals ran out.

But Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Health Minister Steven Miles say the demand is simply unprecedented for this time of year.

They blamed the flu, a longer, hotter summer, and the federal government.

"We have seen an unusual spike so now we've got a team of experts going through and analysing that data," Ms Palaszczuk said on Wednesday.

Health officials say pressure on emergency departments eased on Wednesday as patients were diverted elsewhere, but that the level of response in 10 hospitals remained at code yellow. Meanwhile Liberal National Party health spokesman Ros Bates has called for Mr Miles to be sacked.

"Annastacia Palaszczuk needs to take responsibility for her incompetent minister and get rid of him," she said.